Author Topic: I want to be a filmwaster... (Read 3237 times)

kentish cob · « **on:** October 04, 2014, 08:27:02 PM »

Dear Filmwasters.
Please help... I've visited your site often, and enjoyed your debates, discussions, photos and video pod-casts, but have always remained one step back from participation (it's a character flaw, I know, but I'm dealing with it..!). However, I'm currently going through an extended period of "creative doldrums", and I suspect that active engagement on my part is needed in order to put a little inspirational breeze back into my sails. So... I've grabbed the bull by the tail and taken the tiger by the horns

, and here I am, signed up to your happy and creative community. Now, I know that just signing up isn't the answer, it's the involvement that makes the difference, and I think getting involved in forum discussions, postcard exchanges and maybe even meet-ups might just be the well-aimed kick up the backside I need.

So... If you can spare a minute or two, a little about me.
Despite my screen name, I'm actually a Man of Kent rather than a Kentishman, having been lucky enough to be born on the correct side of the River Medway (it's a tribal thing... goes way, way back). I'm old enough to remember when all cameras were film cameras, and hope now to have passed on a love of analogue and a respect and fascination for the history of photography to my two teenage boys (also fine Men of Kent).
I love blues music and red wine, but my favourite photos are black and white. Oh... and I'm rather fond of cheese!

I have an infrequently updated website, the address of which should be shown in my message signature (I hope that pointing towards it doesn't break forum rules so soon in my membership!) and you are very welcome to visit and any critique will be most useful in helping me find a future direction for my photography.

Thanks for reading this far.
Looking forward to interesting and creative times ahead.
Tony.

mcduff · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2014, 08:54:25 PM »

Welcome aboard Tony.

I am not sure if I am on the correct side of the Medway, given I am a canuck!

This is a great place to be part of, and once you start contributing to the weekly photo threads you will feel guilty when you slack off (or in my case get OCD and spend all your waking hours screwing around with your photo archive

)

Lets see some shots!!

PS: Good job encouraging next generation shooters, my daughter has become one of them.

gsgary · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2014, 08:55:04 PM »

Welcome I had a look at your website and folio3 really stood out

Francois · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2014, 08:59:00 PM »

Welcome Tony!

And yes, crunchy Tri-X goes perfectly with cheese

gsgary · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2014, 09:07:49 PM »

All b+w film goes well with cheese, I also like Blues and red wine

Fluminian · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2014, 09:40:44 PM »

Welcome, Tony. You've come to the right place.

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2014, 11:35:57 PM »

Welcome, Tony

So long as it is film you will do no wrong here. Always good to have new blood - we need to keep the gene pool active

limr · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2014, 12:08:26 AM »

Cheese...good.
Red wine...good.
Blues...good.
Film...good.

Yup, you're all right

I don't know about the right or wrong side of the River Medway since I grew up in the colonies. I was born on the right side of the Hudson River, though, so maybe that counts.

I agree - once you start contributing to the weekend threads, it'll spur you to do more. It's Saturday night already, I still haven't posted mine yet and feeling antsy about it!

Welcome aboard

Adam Doe · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2014, 02:03:57 PM »

Hello Tony, welcome.

irv_b · « **Reply #9 on:** October 05, 2014, 02:22:47 PM »

Welcome Tony I'm only down the road from you in SE London. I'm sure you'll enjoy the site these guys are fantastic at producing such inspiring photos.

Peter84 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 05, 2014, 04:08:41 PM »

a warm welcome Tony, although You like BW your chrome shots from folio 2 weren't to bad either

sgt.brimer · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2014, 06:54:04 PM »

Hi Tony. I am new on this forum too. Had a look at your website, absolutely stunning shots!

Indofunk · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2014, 07:02:21 PM »

Welcome Tony! I agree that your folios are outstanding! Although I'll admit you did give me a bit of a scare from your homepage picture, I thought "great, another Fluminian

" (you'll get this "in joke" as you participate in more weekend threads

)

Looking forward to B&W shots of people drinking red wine and eating cheese in a blues bar!

kentish cob · « **Reply #13 on:** October 06, 2014, 12:27:16 AM »

Thanks, ladies and gents, for your generous words and warm welcome. The community spirit on here warms the heart.

A quick question, if I may?
I notice a lot of photos posted on here are hosted on flikr. Is it a requirement for posted photos to be already hosted elsewhere on the web, or can I simply attach a jpeg (appropriately sized) directly to a post?
Thanks in advance.
Tony.

limr · « **Reply #14 on:** October 06, 2014, 01:00:19 AM »

You can post photos as attachments. Each one can't be more than 200kb and there's a maximum of 5 per post. Also, I'm not sure if this matters or not, but all the attachments will show up at the end of the post, so if you wanted to write something about each picture, you'd have to write it in the body of the post and the pictures would be below. Not a big thing, but something I'd noticed.

Below the text box when you're typing a post, you'll see "Attachments and other options." Click on the + sign and it will open up the options to "Choose File" To add more than one picture, click on "(more attachments)" to add up to four more.

It'll look like this:

jharr · « **Reply #15 on:** October 06, 2014, 05:07:54 AM »

Hey Tony. I like bleu cheese and red beer, so we are similar in those respects! I like my film expired whether chrome or b/w. I'm not on the "right" side of anything (except the Pacific) as I live in San Diego. Glad to see you have come out of the shadows. Admitting that you are a film waster is the first step to wasting more film. Joining this site is the second step and posting on the weekend threads is the third and final step, after which you are proclaimed certifiably incurable.

Looking forward to your contributions.

James

timor · « **Reply #16 on:** October 06, 2014, 07:43:03 AM »

Hi Tony ! Very nice portfolios. Some good b&w shots ! Good luck with shooting film ! It is a different ball game.

kentish cob · « **Reply #17 on:** October 06, 2014, 10:41:47 AM »

Thanks, limr, for talking me through it. Much apreciated.

Jharr, I shall expect my "certifiably certifiable certificate" in due course...

timor, thanks for your kind comment. All of the folios on the website are film shots. The only d*g*t*l pics are some of those used to illustrate items on the "news" pages.

I'll be sure to find something to put forward for the forthcoming weekend thread.

gsgary · « **Reply #18 on:** October 06, 2014, 10:48:36 AM »

Quote from: limr on October 06, 2014, 01:00:19 AM

You can post photos as attachments. Each one can't be more than 200kb and there's a maximum of 5 per post. Also, I'm not sure if this matters or not, but all the attachments will show up at the end of the post, so if you wanted to write something about each picture, you'd have to write it in the body of the post and the pictures would be below. Not a big thing, but something I'd noticed.

Below the text box when you're typing a post, you'll see "Attachments and other options." Click on the + sign and it will open up the options to "Choose File" To add more than one picture, click on "(more attachments)" to add up to four more.

It'll look like this:

Only if he takes a picture of a horse:D

limr · « **Reply #19 on:** October 06, 2014, 01:51:43 PM »

Quote from: gsgary on October 06, 2014, 10:48:36 AM

Quote from: limr on October 06, 2014, 01:00:19 AM
You can post photos as attachments. Each one can't be more than 200kb and there's a maximum of 5 per post. Also, I'm not sure if this matters or not, but all the attachments will show up at the end of the post, so if you wanted to write something about each picture, you'd have to write it in the body of the post and the pictures would be below. Not a big thing, but something I'd noticed.

Below the text box when you're typing a post, you'll see "Attachments and other options." Click on the + sign and it will open up the options to "Choose File" To add more than one picture, click on "(more attachments)" to add up to four more.

It'll look like this:

Only if he takes a picture of a horse:D

Paul Mitchell · « **Reply #20 on:** October 06, 2014, 01:58:55 PM »

Welcome Tony

Had a very quick look at your website and looks like you have many fine images.

Hopefully we'll get to meet up the next time we have a FW's outing to Kent!

Paul

timor · « **Reply #21 on:** October 06, 2014, 02:12:19 PM »

Quote from: kentish cob on October 06, 2014, 10:41:47 AM

timor, thanks for your kind comment. All of the folios on the website are film shots. The only d*g*t*l pics are some of those used to illustrate items on the "news" pages.

;DWhoops, I didn't read the bio. Even more pleased to meet someone, who is actually wet printing and doing that much better than me. Both thumbs up !

kentish cob · « **Reply #22 on:** October 06, 2014, 03:25:54 PM »

Quote from: timor on October 06, 2014, 02:12:19 PM

Quote from: kentish cob on October 06, 2014, 10:41:47 AM

timor, thanks for your kind comment. All of the folios on the website are film shots. The only d*g*t*l pics are some of those used to illustrate items on the "news" pages.
;DWhoops, I didn't read the bio. Even more pleased to meet someone, who is actually wet printing and doing that much better than me. Both thumbs up !

No worries timor.
Sadly the darkroom kit is now all boxed up in the shed, due to lack of space.
I have to content myself with dev and scan for the time being.

timor · « **Reply #23 on:** October 06, 2014, 03:50:32 PM »

Quote from: kentish cob on October 06, 2014, 03:25:54 PM

No worries timor.
Sadly the darkroom kit is now all boxed up in the shed, due to lack of space.
I have to content myself with dev and scan for the time being.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #24 on:** October 07, 2014, 12:05:22 PM »

Hi Tony and welcome to Filmwasters. The interests you list align almost entirely with my own. I wonder....are we a demographic?

Also, well done for taking to bull by the horns and joining in.

kentish cob · « **Reply #25 on:** October 07, 2014, 01:13:38 PM »

Quote from: Ed Wenn on October 07, 2014, 12:05:22 PM

I wonder....are we a demographic?

Thanks, Ed.

I've tried to avoid being demographised, but I guess none of us is as unique as we'd like to think we are..!
So, if have to share my little portion of the Venn diagram, I'll happily do so with the folks on here.

(...Takes a seat and awaits "Wenn diagram" gags...)

LT · « **Reply #26 on:** October 07, 2014, 06:19:45 PM »

Hi Tony Cobbler

I'm a fellow person of kent or Kentish Person. Don't know really. Medway (east side) born and bred, although immediate escape on adulthood to the East's more pleasant environs. C'mon, Cha'am or Canterbury???

Welcome to the fold.

kentish cob · « **Reply #27 on:** October 07, 2014, 06:36:40 PM »

Thanks for the welcome Leon.

East of the river (or an ancient boundary line that kinda vaguely follows the river) are the Men and Maids of Kent. Those on the western side are the Kentishmen and Kentishmaids. Not that it means too much nowadays. All just a bit of fun with tribal identities.

Home is the mobility scooter capital of the world, sunny Herne Bay.

So Canterbury wasn't too wide of the target.

gsgary · « **Reply #28 on:** October 07, 2014, 07:06:52 PM »

I don't know Sutton on Sea could give it a run for it's money
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